01/09/2025
PRESS STATEMENT
Female Public Relations Officer and Advocate of GirlChild Development, Comr. Dipamoere Amos SA Condemns Dehumanizing Act in Bayelsa State — Calls on Authorities and Female Leaders in Government to Swing into Action
It is with deep concern and disappointment that I condemn in the strongest terms the barbaric and dehumanizing act meted out on a young girl identified as Nancy, in Bayelsa State — where she was gang beaten, stripped naked, and shamelessly posted on social media by one Kardi Bae and her cohorts.
This incident is not only inhumane but also exposes the growing culture of silence, negligence, and moral decay that we are gradually tolerating in our society. I must ask: When did we all agree to normalize gathering people to beat, disgrace, and dehumanize them in public?
The most disturbing part of this matter is that the perpetrators, instead of facing discipline, boldly shared the victim’s n**e and traumatizing images online — while those in authority remain mute. Sadly, these actions are fast becoming a norm in Bayelsa.
This is beyond politics. It is about morality, justice, and the dignity of our people. Today it is a girl being stripped and shamed, tomorrow it may be another person’s daughter, sister, or even wife. Back then, our society understood discipline and upheld justice — “Beat, Arrest, and Charge to Court.” But today, we only write social media posts while evil thrives unchecked.
In recent weeks, I saw a video of a girl stabbing her mate during a girl-girl fight over a man, and others stripping their fellow girls naked. Yet, the Bayelsa State Ministry of Women Affairs, Girl Child Development, young females who hold viable government appointments and all relevant offices have remained alarmingly silent. These offices appear dead and in urgent need of revival.
I call on the Bayelsa State Government, the Ministry of Women Affairs, the Office of the Girl Child Development, law enforcement agencies, and particularly our female leaders in politics and governance — to rise above social media appearances and take decisive action. If our society fails to protect the girl child, then our leadership has failed its duty.
Finally, I urge the families, communities, and civil society organizations not to stay silent. Justice must not only be demanded but seen to be done.
The time to act is now.
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